Following their show-stealing slugfest Saturday night at "Strikeforce: Evolution," the general consensus seemed to be that a third installment was in store for the now-epic rivalry between Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez...

Bleacher Report is on hand at the HP Pavilion in San Jose for Showtime's Strikeforce: Evolution card, featuring the return of former Strikeforce World Middleweight Champion Cung Le in a three-round ...

On the heels of a 56-3 lambasting at the hands of Southern Cal, the road gets no easier this weekend for the Spartans of San Jose State, who must find a way to rebound from Week One's debacle in time to host No...

While most teams within the BCS conferences have the luxury of lining their out-of-conference schedules with cream puffs from the lower conferences (or even divisions), those in conferences without an automatic BCS berth have no such luxuries...

When fledgling promotion Affliction ceased MMA operations a few weeks ago following the collapse of it's third fight card, the destination of heavyweight centerpiece Fedor Emelianenko was easily the hottest topic in the wake of the fallout...

Probably the most complex part of mixed martial arts, ground fighting has the distinction of being what sets MMA apart from other combat sports, and at the same time what often turns off the casual fan...

If you are a "post TUF" fan of mixed martial arts—in other words, began following the sport once it hit mainstream acceptance—you most likely missed out on a number of early MMA figures that had profound impacts on the sport...

In the aftermath of UFC 98, a stellar card that produced a third new light heavyweight champion in as many defenses, one thing is clear about MMA's top promotion: The balance of power, talent-wise, has switched back to the 205-pound division...